Intermittently held lever actuated stem



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Filed A. B. HENWOOD INTERMITTENTLY HELD LEVER ACTUATED STEM April 19, 1947 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 HTHUE 5: HEN

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INTERMITTENTLY HELD LEVER ACTUATED STEM Filed April 19, 1947 i 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Z'mventor .HRTHUE B. Hgmwoau Gktorneg Patented Oct. 24, 1950 UNITED". .h PATENT OFFICE V V B..Henwood, Kellogg, Idaho p 'catfia'n gii 1947, Serial No. 742,555

My invention relates to improvements man intermittently held lever actuatedstemf The invention is applied tolubricat ors of plug valves of the type shown in the patent to Pierce, 2,057,343, for Valve Lubricating Device; granted October'lii, 1936. In these valves'lubrication is accomplished by means of a lubricant chamber in the valve stem connected by suitable passages to the bearing faces of the valve. The chamber is threaded to receive a pressure member that has a stem with a head that is adapted to re-"v ceive a wrench'or a turning mechanism, suchjas is shown by Pierce to advance the pressure memher and force the lubricant from the chamber. It is the purpose of my inventionto provide an improved attachment for valves of this character for automatically advancing the pressure member, as the valve is operated, an amount determined by the adjustment of the attachment. According to my invention the parts of the attachment may readily be applied to and removed from a valve havin the lubricating means above referred to.

The novel features that II. considitL-characteristic of my invention are set forth with particularity in the claims. The invention itself, however, both as to its organization and its method of operation; together with additional objects and advantages thereof, will be understood from the description of a specific embodiment' ,when read in connection with the, accompanying drawings, in which l v Figure l is a plan view of my attachment showingiit mounted on a plug valve basegn Figure '2 is a view similar to Figure 1 but showing the parts in achanged .position;.'

Figure 3 is a fragmentary sectional view taken on the line 3-3 of Figure 2;

Figure 4 is a plan sectional view taken substantially on the line 44 of Figure 3; V

Figure 5 is a fragmentary sectional view taken n the line -5 of Figure 4.

Referring now to the drawings and particularly to Figures 1 and 4, in order to mount my attachment on an existing valve I provide a bracket ID for mounting on the valve plug II and support a square bar l2 on the bracket. Another square bar I3 is mounted by means of a yoke l4 and a set screw I5 on the valve handle I6. The set screw I5 may desirably be the usual set screw employed, if it is lon enough and, if not, a longer set screw may be used to mount the yoke M. The yoke is forked as indicated at I1 and 18 in Figure 5 so as to receive the rib l9 of the valve handle.

4. Claims. (01174-142) As pointed out in the early description the valve lubricating system is actuated by a pressure member which has a stem 20 that projects upwardly from the valve stem 2|. My attachment introduces a ratchet wheel 22 which has a socket 23 thereon to receive the head 20a on the stem 20 of the pressure member. Since the valve itself and the pressure member are well known in-the art as illustrated in the Pierce patent, I have-made no showing of the details of the'valve or of the lubricating system. The necessary operation to effect lubrication of the valve is the rotation of the stem 20 of the pres-- sure member in the proper direction. In some cases it maybe desirable to rotate the stem on the valve closing movement of the handle l6 while in other cases it may be desirable to ad-' Vance the pressure member on the valve openit-isclamped in adjusted position to the plate 26 by 'ascrew 2'! riding in a slot 28 ofthe plate 26; and a wing'nut 29'. A suitable pin 30 is used to hold-the cam and the plateon the ratchet wheel. j Theplate has an arm 3| extended therefrom and providedjwith a head portion 32 that fits I ovje'rfth'e square bar Ill; The head 32' can slide up and down on the bar [3 but must otherwise travelwiththe bar l3 when the bar is turned aboutthe axis of the stem 20 by operation of the handle l6.

A pawl 33 is mounted on the rod l2 and has a forked end 34 receiving the ratchet wheel. The pawl is pivotally mounted on a sleeve 35 that slides up and down on the bar l2. The sleeve has a shoulder 36 on which the pawl is supported. A collar 3! fits over the pawl 33 and is secured against rotation on the sleeve 35 by a set screw 38. The collar 31 has an ear 39 thereon to which one end of a sprin 40 is fixed. The other end of the spring 40 is secured to a pin 4| near the free end of the pawl. The spring is so mounted that it tends to force the pawl towards the ratchet wheel in order to engage the pawl tip 42 with the teeth 43 of the wheel.

The upper bifurcation 34a of the pawl is positioned to engage the cam 25 as illustrated in Figures 1 and 2 when the large part of the cam is moved to a position opposite the pawl.

However, when the narrower portion 250. of the cam is opposite the pawl the teeth of the ratchet wheel will be engaged by the pawl so as to hold the ratchet wheel against turning with the plate 26 as it is turned by turning the handle I6. It is evident that by adjustin the position of the cam 25 with respect to the plate 26 the amount of movement of the ratchet wheel with respect to the plate 26 for each quarter turn of the valve handle I6 can be adjusted to suit the needs for lubrication of a particular valve. The device has the advantage that as the valve is used and the pressure member 20 is advanced further down into the valve stem the head 32 and the sleeve 35 slide on their respective rods to main- 4 disengage the pawl from the ratchet wheel, and a guide bar on said first named stem to which said arm is slidably secured.

3. In a device of the character described, means for causing the alternate turning of one stem in opposite directions to eifect a variable turning of another stem, which is threaded therein, and projects axially therefrom, in one direction only, said means comprising a ratchet wheel nonrotatably seated on the projecting end of the second stem, said ratchet wheel having a central projection, a cam rotatably mounted on said projection, an arm resting on said cam and tionary bar parallel to the stems, a pawl slidable lengthwise of said bar and spring pressed toward tain the parts and the proper Working condition.

It is a simple matter to lift the attachment off of the head of the pressure member whenever the pressure member has to be removed to refill the lubricating chamber. V

.Itg-isgbelieved that the nature and advanta es of:.the invention will be clear from the foregoing r p ion. Having hus described my invention, .I claim:

1. In a device of the character described having a-stem rotatable in opposite directions and a. second stem projecting axially from the first named stem and rotatable, a stationary bar adjacent to and parallel with said stems, a second bar fixed to the first named stem and spaced therefrom and-parallel with the first named bar, a ratchet wheelmounted on the second stem, a cam rotatably associated with saidratchet wheel, a, member secured to said cam and slidable lengthwise on said second bar and a spring pressed pawl slidable lengthwise on the first named bar, said pawl having bifurcations at its free end-fitting over the periphery of the ratchet wheel, one bifurcation bearing on the cam, and the pawl having a tooth between the bifurcations for engaging the teeth of the ratchet Wheel.

In a device of the character described, means for causing the alternate turning of one stem in opposite directions to efiect a variable turning of another stem, which is threaded therein, and projects axially therefrom, in one direction only, said means comprising a ratchet wheel nonrotatably seated on the projecting end of the second stem, a cam rotatably mounted with respect to said projecting end, an arm also rotatably mounted with respect to said projecting end; and angularly adjustable with respect to the cam, a stationary bar parallel to the stems, av pawl slidable lengthwise of said bar and spring pressed toward said ratchet wheel, the pawlhaving aportion positioned to engage the cam and said ratchet wheel, the pawl having a portion positioned to engage the cam and disengage the pawl .fmm the ratchet wheel, and a guide bar on said first named stem to which said arm is slidably secured.

4. In a device of the character described, means for causing the alternate turning of one stem inopposite directions to effect a variable turning' of another stem, which is threaded therein, and projects axially therefrom, in one direction only, said means comprising a polygonal head on the second stem, a ratchet wheel having a socket receiving said head, a cam rotatably mounted on the ratchet wheel, a stationary bar parallel to said stems, a pawl slidable on said bar-and engaging the ratchet Wheel and having a portion riding on the cam, a bar fixed to the first named stem and parallel thereto, and a.

cam holder secured to the cam and'slidable on REFERENCES orrnl) The following references are of. record in the file of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name f Date 1,296,870 Sohm Mar. 11, 1919 2,057,343 Pierce Oct. 13, 1936 2,265,526 Henderson Dec. 9, 1941 2,323,421 Reed July 6, 1943 2,363,683 Mallina j r Nov. 28, 1944 2,431,299 Pochek' Nov. 18, 1947 FOREIGNPATENTS Number Country. Date 82,834 Switzerland Oct. 16, 1919 486,385 Great Britain June 2, 1938 

